Under the Banner of Heaven - Jon Krakauer

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Joy wrote: ↑Wed May 11, 2022 9:32 am Guess I should've added commas after "thee" and "book", since I was addressing a book. :D It's called personification or apostrophe--did you know the latter? :shock:
steve-in-kville wrote: ↑Mon May 02, 2022 8:32 am Has anyone read this book? Its a true story written about the Mormon church.
Apparently he doesnt know about apostrophe's. 8-)
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silentreader wrote: ↑Wed May 11, 2022 11:07 am
Joy wrote: ↑Wed May 11, 2022 9:32 am Guess I should've added commas after "thee" and "book", since I was addressing a book. :D It's called personification or apostrophe--did you know the latter? :shock:
So does that provide for switching personification and ending with "it" rather than "thee" again?
Yeah, I know it did that, but don't spoil my joke. :lol:
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steve-in-kville wrote: ↑Mon May 02, 2022 9:47 am
Szdfan wrote: ↑Mon May 02, 2022 9:38 am I have it, but haven’t read it yet. His book “Into Thin Air” convinced me never to climb Mt. Everest.
Into the Wild is also good. They eventually made movies or TV series on many of his books.
Yes, including this one.
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steve-in-kville wrote: ↑Mon May 02, 2022 8:32 am Has anyone read this book? Its a true story written about the Mormon church.
Yes. It focuses on a murder that occurred in a small FLDS sect.
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I would not really call the FLDS a “Mormon church” anymore than the Bergholz gang represents the Amish church.
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